Chapter 18:Mayhem, Machinations, and Mastering Abilities The smile from the front of the lecture hall that greeted the two men as they entered would have trouble being described as ‘friendly.’ Walter Raines and his personal assistance froze for a moment under the predatory look from the scarred woman before recovering […]
Chapter 19:Unbalanced Matches and Inappropriate Homework For the third time since the class had begun twenty minutes prior, Barry Jeung found himself sucker-punched. The normally attentive Korean youth rubbed his jaw from his newly acquired downed position and looked up at the tiny girl that had just laid him out. […]
Chapter 20:Training Steps Up and a Hero Bids Farewell The heavily built hispanic man groaned as he pulled himself off the floor and began hobbling away from the melee. A large crystalline humanoid took his place as the battle in the room continued while Ramón eventually made his way into […]
Chapter 21:Poorly Written Political Acts and Cruel Coaches “As much as I’ve come to enjoy your company and insights Kathryn, I am really starting to miss the days when we hardly saw each other at all.” Riley Walker waved the petite HCP Dean into his office as he spoke, the […]
Chapter 22:Hitting Walls: Breakthroughs and Detours The small white haired girl climbed into an average looking grey sedan, stretched briefly, and let out a sigh as she settled into the seat for a moment before digging out her keys. Eloise James was not at all happy about many things. The […]
Chapter 23:Class vs Class “Good afternoon class. You all have a new group assignment forthcoming, so please rearrange yourselves, Alternative training to the left and Combat to the right please.” The freshman class registered a bit of surprise at Dean Jilles news that a new Ethics group project was apparently […]
Chapter 24:Spring Break! “Where’s your passport!?” Alexandra sighed as her dark haired roommate continued rummaging through the blonde girl’s desk searching for the missing ID. In spite of all the smaller girl’s protests, Beulah had already managed to pack two suitcases of Alexandra’s belongings and whisk them away somewhere. Apparently […]
Chapter 25:Sabbaticals, Substitutes, Supranyms and Surprising Successes (I may be taking my love of alliterative chapter titles too far) It was definitely not something that would make anyone’s list for favorite things to wake up to. Dani Reyes stared somewhat blankly at the small television on her kitchen counter, a […]
Chapter 26:New Directions and Old Destinations The assembled freshman Combat class awaited the arrival of their substitute Instructor for the final time. The sense of dread in the room was palpable enough to choke an unwary person wandering in. Every student in the room stared as the large clock on […]
Chapter 27:Unexpected Visitors and Round Three James Rachd was somewhat surprised to see a familiar silhouette waiting inside his small office as he approached. By this point in the term, the Combat Instructor had assumed that another batch of freshmen had completely missed the tiny five minute bracket of office […]